A Hundred Great Classical Chinese Novels

Author: Wu Cheng'en
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The 100 literary classics included in the "Library of 100 Great Chinese Classical Masterpieces" were repeatedly reviewed and carefully selected by renowned experts and scholars of classical literature in China. These works are the most famous, widely circulated, and artistically accomplished masterpieces in the history of Chinese literature. This library primarily features classical literary masterpieces (such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber, Story of the Scholars, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, The Investiture of the Gods, Records of the Warring States, Real Stories of Official Life, Flowers in the Mirror, Annihilation of the bandits, Flowers in the Sea of Suffering, Luo Can's Dreams, Moral Teachings for the World, Admonitions for the World, Surprising Stories from the First and Second Editions of Strange Tales of the Marquis Chen, Strange Tales from the Second Edition of Strange Tales of the Marquis Chen, Beauties of Flowers and Beauties of Women). The general selection principle is "renowned authors, renowned works, and renowned annotations," including the highest artistically accomplished Tang poetry (Collected Works of Li Bai, Collected Works of Du Fu, Collected Works of Bai Juyi, Collected Works of Wang Wei, Collected Works of Li Shangyin, Collected Works of Du Mu), Song lyrics (Collected Works of Liu Yong, Collected Works of Su Shi, Collected Works of Qin Guan, Collected Works of Zhou Bangyan, Collected Works of Li Qingzhao, Collected Works of Jiang Kui, Collected Works of Xin Qiji, Collected Works of Yuan Hao), and Yuan qu (The Injustice to Qu Yuan, Zhang Pan'er Rescues the Wind and Moon, Mid-Autumn in the Riverside Pavilion, Guan Yu's Solitary Duel with the Single-Edged Sword, Tang Minghuang's Autumn Night by the White Palm Oak, Pei Shaojun's Love at the Rooftop, Breaking the Dream of Solitary Wild Goose in the Han Palace, The Love of Qingxia, The Miserable Thought of Hometown) as well as the classic Confucian works (The Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, Mencius, The I Ching, The Book of Songs, The Book of Documents, Zuo Zhuan, The Book of Rites) and others. The library comprehensively includes renowned works from different periods, schools, and styles across 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.